The poll suggests 'a shift in preferences from GOP voters away from Trump and toward DeSantis from Republicans who know both potential combatants quite well.'
At a news conference in Okaloosa County, Florida, on Sept.15, Gov Ron DeSantis addressed reports of migrants arriving in Massachusetts from Florida.Former President Donald Trump's support among Republican voters in Florida for another presidential bid has significantly eroded this year, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, asIn a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary in the Sunshine State, DeSantis now leads Trump 48%-40%.
For the Senate, Republican incumbent Marco Rubio narrowly leads Democratic challenger Val Demings 45%-41%. Rubio's support has dropped 4 percentage points since the January survey; Rep. Demings' standing hasn't changed. Three other candidates on the ballot – Libertarian Dennis Misigoy, independent Steven Grant and independent Tuan"TQ" Nguyen – each receive 1%.
The poll of 500 likely midterm voters, taken Thursday through Sunday by landline and cellphone, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. The error margin for the sample of 174 Republican voters is 7.4 points; for 163 Democratic voters it is 7.7 points. Still, in a hypothetical matchup in the 2024 general election, Trump edges Biden in the state 47%-44%. DeSantis leads Biden by a wider margin, 52%-44%. By far the dominant issue on voters' minds is inflation and the economy, cited by a third of those surveyed. That may account for their more downbeat mood, compared with the beginning of the year. The percentage who say they are"worse off" than they were four years ago has grown to 49% from 39%.
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